On Monday, January 30 the Concert and Symphonic Bands will attend the University of Washington Pacific Northwest Band Festival.
The Festival is a non-competitive event featuring 27 middle and high school bands from throughout the Pacific Northwest. Each band performs and is briefly coached by an internationally recognized clinician.
PLEASE NOTE that all students must make private arrangements to be at University of Washington, Meany Hall at 7:30am! Drop-off at the flagpole circular driveway on UW campus (enter UW at 17th Ave. NE entrance and follow to the end of the road). FOMAHI parent volunteers will sign-in students and escort to Meany Hall.
Yellow bus transportation will be provided for return to school (1:30 pick-up from UW and 2:15 drop-off at HIMS). Students will miss all classes on Monday.
Students must:
- Wear concert attire
- Bring a sack lunch.
- Clearly put name and contact information on all instruments/cases
- Do not bring items such as iPods, gaming devices etc.
Here is a schedule of the day’s events: http://depts.washington.edu/uwwinds/festival/PNWBF2012FinalSchedule.pdf. All events are free and open to the public – you are welcome to stay and watch!
Please contact Sara Curran at sara.r.curran@gmail.com or 206.459.9236 with any questions.